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About 6 weeks ago, when I tipped the bathroom scales at over 16 stone, I thought enough was enough. The kids were slapping my stomach and calling me tubby, I had finally had enough. A brand new gym opened in Harlow, pure gym. £10.99 a month, so I signed up. I have been going 4 times a week, doing 10 miles on exercise bikes every time. I'm lifting over 50 kilos, have now got a good shape to my arms and chest, and now weigh 14st 8. It's a long road and I've hardly taken a step, but I'm focused and determined. I've still got the gut to shift, but my face is a lot slimmer. I changed my eating habits too. Cut out the greggs and maccy d's brekkie. Now its just scrambled egg on brown toast. Chicken breast and salad for dinner, tuna salad for lunch. No snacking. Changed the lattes for black coffee and went cold turkey on sugar. If I can do it, anyone can. You only get one go at life, don't abuse it

I'm starting on meal replacemt drinks next Monday,I've already bought my food for this week,gonna see how it goes with one for breakfast and dinner then a "normal" evening meal.Ordered a 2.5kg tub of Matrix stuff yesterday,read a lot of reviews beforehand and seems to be good stuff,I'm 14st now want to get back to 12 stone....I became very good at buying crap to eat all the time,already member of the gym here but seriously lack motivation this matrix stuff contains energy "stuff" so hopefully it'll push me back to the gym.

It's basically like a protein shake but more aimed at weight loss,Matrix is just the brand name that was recommend to me.I eat little anyway normally fruit for breakfast then cereal for dinner when I'm at work then whatever the wife cooks for tea but this meal replacement stuff may just push on my weight loss which can seems to have stalled a bit,it may or may not work as I've never tried it before.

OIC, well good luck with that and let us know how you get on , and you too Ovlov.

How is the cold turkey with the cutting out sugar in your coffee? I just can't bring myself to do that, although I went from 1 heaped sugar in my tea down to just over a half spoon and even then, that took me a year to 'acclimatize' myself to

It's working very well,I have one before I leave for work which is generally 3am or there about then another around 11ish depending when I stop for my break.It's the first times I've ever tried anything like this and tbh I'm surprised at its effectiveness,it's a very good hunger suppressant as I seem to be going 6 or so hours after having a shake before I start feeling hungry and it does seem to make me feel more energetic in the morning but whether that's down to not eating junk food that makes you lethargic or the Matrix I couldn't say exactly.

I started on it on Friday last week,weighed at the start 13st 11 I've just weighed myself and it's showing 13st 5 and 3/4 so it looks to be working obviously the rate of weight loss will slow down as time goes on.

I'm taking one shake in the morning,one at lunch time(lunch time is early because I'm awake at 3ish so around 11)then having a "normal" tea but cutting down slightly on portion size,oh and drinking at least 1.5 litres of water a day your body NEEDS to be hydrated to lose weight.

For the Matrix product itself I have to say I am pleasantly surprised how it keeps the hunger at bay,you can quite comfortably get to tea time having only consumed 360 calories which is 2xshakes @ 180 each,and it also contains green tea extract which is a proven fat burner,I have a quite physical job aside from the driving aspect which involves 10-15 drops a day in cages so if the product was not helping I'd of probably passed out with hunger by 9am lolThis is the stuff I'm using...http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... ID=EBAY-GB£25 may seem a lot but you'd spend that in a week at butter vans ect,this will cover 2 meals per day for 25 days,50 servings per tub.

12 stone for me will be slim yes as I'm 5ft10 but it's what I was for many years as i played a lot of football and did kickboxing but diving trucks put a stop to kickboxing due to late classes at night and I only get to play 5 aside football now but it's a hour excercise I suppose. That's my review done

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Well you sound as though you have it well and truly sorted without any serious hunger issues, etc. Going 6 hours without a 'meal' of sorts would be a very long time for me. 4 to 4.5 hours is my normal limit but 5 to 6 hours without food would make me quite uncomfortable indeed...and has done

Now, to stave off hunger, or to keep me going , I will eat a medium sized banana, and eat a few each week. To be honest they don't fill you up for that long and also I heard on the radio a few weeks ago that bananas were indeed Satan's chocolate! wtf! So anyway, I buy small ones now, just in case that rumour is true!This afternoon I had some vacuum packed mackerel which all that was needed was 12 minutes under the grill, peasy. Now all I can say is that it was tolerable, although the best before date was today in fact. Maybe it would have tasted better if I had it yesterday. It was quite oily and I really wanted to have a swiggle of full fat milk to take the taste away, but I resisted. So it will be chicken next week and salmon and perhaps cucumber the week after. I drink lots of tea but no water.So you have 5 more pounds to lose?? I bet you could do that in 10 days maximum.

As of tomorrow I start.Tonight I am purging the fridge of beer then thats it.

I am 50 in October and 5'9" and usually just over 13 stone, a few years ago I hit 15 stone when in an office job (spit). I have let go a bit recently and just had two weeks off and I am now over 13.5 stone which I feel every once is like a ton, the Mrs and myself like the good fresh food and good living over flash cars and the like and in just over two weeks I have banged half a stone on, she wont tell me her weight

I am very lucky and if I cut out drinking ( I only drink Friday and Saturday usually) and snacks I can loose weight very easily but I want to get fit too.15 years ago I climbed the Matterhorn and used to run up and down mountains in North Wales for fun , this would kill me now.

The unhealthy feeling is horrible, I am actually looking forward to getting motivated in work on Tuesday (I know ) So for a month at least no ale and the sit up bench and rather light weights are out (the lads) Time for a tone.Good luck to all getting healthy

My 'health kick' is coming to an end now - more of a health tickle. Had a lovely 'taste the difference' bacon sandwich earlier on; the first in about 6 months I hasten to add. Will have a nice longish walk by the river this later this aft and take some water instead of Fanta. I'm back down to 8 stone 7 after putting 4 or 5 pounds on over last winter/spring.

Goldilox wrote:My 'health kick' is coming to an end now - more of a health tickle. Had a lovely 'taste the difference' bacon sandwich earlier on; the first in about 6 months I hasten to add. Will have a nice longish walk by the river this later this aft and take some water instead of Fanta. I'm back down to 8 stone 7 after putting 4 or 5 pounds on over last winter/spring.

How are others getting along who have posted on this topic?

You either very slim or not that tall as I am not far behind in the weight but I am not that tall 147 cm

Not sure if it will work but having just had a quick look sound ok will you try it for at least a mth then report back then see if it need some small changes to fit in with your working patten

As I start a new job next week which will give me a better work/life balance I will be able to go to the gym more regular fit in my yoga class also be able to cook at home & take a couple day food with me that I have prepared earlier 1 of which will be frozen ( will defrost when on the road )

When parked up go for a brisk walk when possible if you are on a 45 min break in services park as far away as possible then walk to services or take a walk round them ( think a few of us that have seen people do this yep I have ) this will all help if possible on a night /day if out try to get out the cab for a walk ok not always possible find some thing you can do in the cab

Bob24 wrote:Hey. I'm a truck driver and I usually don't find time to exercise. But I'm trying to control my diet. Is that enough to control weight? Would like to know. I've also stopped having junk food.

It will control weight in respect that you won't put on weight but you won't lose weight unfortunately.

Bob24 wrote:Hey. I'm a truck driver and I usually don't find time to exercise. But I'm trying to control my diet. Is that enough to control weight? Would like to know. I've also stopped having junk food.

I am also a lorry driver I make time to exercise

There are plenty of thing you can do even if away all week as you don't need a gym to do all find some that you can do in cab or when parked up on a break or when finished try going for a brisk walk ( not alway possible ) there are also gym that are 24 hour in a lot of places which you can use

I have quite a few exercise that I do lying down on the floor which I also do in the cab using the bed not the best but it does help

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